young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
rational; logical; coherent
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation; health education (school subject)
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
way of speaking; intimation
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
walking heavily; lumbering
viviparity; viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing
oviparity; produced from eggs
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
car in front; the car ahead; preceding car
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
tacit; unspoken; implicit
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
point of compromise; common ground
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)